Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	42.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 14:55
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 742 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 123 Parallax 103 92% 113 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5653 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1296 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 564 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24153118639	94.6% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 395 Mixed 412 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 26.9 149% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 40.7 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 27.6 58% 109 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62956296 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 552 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1696458 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1445 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 42949672988 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -58944131168977 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2413145404 (F2) Unknown 100 253 200076315080	86.1% Excellent	Read 120 Write 178 Mixed 142 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.81 220% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 121GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51165544 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8636504139 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2894 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 13339263001 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 908 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37144 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 -140737488355303 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -52819507800617 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19192206730 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19252871921	73.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 119 Mixed 156 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.22 61% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 112%
Imation Nano Pro 32GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 24GB free, PID 063d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	7.97% Terrible	Read 25.1 Write 11.9 Mixed 13.9 19% 17 MB/s	4K Read 7.15 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 28% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.97% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 48GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 24.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16